Project description:Therapies against glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been largely ineffective due to the infiltration of immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Recent studies demonstrated that TAMs can also be immune-activating. However, markers differentiating these heterogeneous macrophage populations have not been established. In this study, we identified a subset of macrophages expressing CD169 that promote an anti-tumoral microenvironment in GBM. Using single-cell transcriptome analysis, we found that CD169+ macrophages in human and mouse gliomas produced proinflammatory chemokines, leading to the accumulation of T cells and NK cells. Depletion of CD169+ macrophages shortened the survival of mice with gliomas and reduced the function of antitumor lymphocytes. We show that IFN-γ produced by NK cells was critical for the accumulation of CD169+ macrophages into gliomas. Additionally, CD169 expression on macrophages increased the phagocytosis of apoptotic glioma cells. Our finding suggests that the CD169+ subset of TAMs promotes antitumor immune responses against GBM.
Project description:Therapies against glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been largely ineffective due to the infiltration of immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Recent studies demonstrated that TAMs can also be immune-activating. However, markers differentiating these heterogeneous macrophage populations have not been established. In this study, we identified a subset of macrophages expressing CD169 that promote an anti-tumoral microenvironment in GBM. Using single-cell transcriptome analysis, we found that CD169+ macrophages in human and mouse gliomas produced proinflammatory chemokines, leading to the accumulation of T cells and NK cells. Depletion of CD169+ macrophages shortened the survival of mice with gliomas and reduced the function of antitumor lymphocytes. We show that IFN-γ produced by NK cells was critical for the accumulation of CD169+ macrophages into gliomas. Additionally, CD169 expression on macrophages increased the phagocytosis of apoptotic glioma cells. Our finding suggests that the CD169+ subset of TAMs promotes antitumor immune responses against GBM.
Project description:Therapies against glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been largely ineffective due to the infiltration of immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Recent studies demonstrated that TAMs can also be immune-activating. However, markers differentiating these heterogeneous macrophage populations have not been established. In this study, we identified a subset of macrophages expressing CD169 that promote an anti-tumoral microenvironment in GBM. Using single-cell transcriptome analysis, we found that CD169+ macrophages in human and mouse gliomas produced proinflammatory chemokines, leading to the accumulation of T cells and NK cells. Depletion of CD169+ macrophages shortened the survival of mice with gliomas and reduced the function of antitumor lymphocytes. We show that IFN-γ produced by NK cells was critical for the accumulation of CD169+ macrophages into gliomas. Additionally, CD169 expression on macrophages increased the phagocytosis of apoptotic glioma cells. Our finding suggests that the CD169+ subset of TAMs promotes antitumor immune responses against GBM.
Project description:Next generation sequencing platforms were used to identify STAT3 targets in the background of EGFRvIII expresssion mRNA of 3 EGFRvIII positive brain tumor stem cell lines (BTSC #68, 73, and 90) were compared to an EGFRvIII negative line (#41) to identify EGFRvIII-regulated targets in human BTSC. EGFRvIII-dependent targets in mouse astrocytes were identified by mRNA-seq analyses of EGFRvIII- or MSCV-expressing astrocytes. STAT3-differentially regulated genes in EGFRvIII expressing mouse astrocytes were obtained by subjecting EGFRvIII,STAT3f/f and EGFRvIII, STAT3-/- astrocytes to mRNA-Seq analyses. Sites of STAT3 occupancy in EGFRvIII expressing astrocytes were identified by ChIP-Seq using a STAT3 antibody or IgG control. We identified OSMR as a direct target of STAT3 in both EGFRvIII-expressing human BTSC and mouse astrocytes. Therefore to identify OSMR-regulated genes, we used a lentiviral mediated RNAi system to knockdown OSMR in EGFRvIII-expressing astrocytes. OSMR-dependent differentially expressed genes were obtained by comparison of OSMR knockdown (KD1 and KD2) astrocytes to control groups (ShRNA control and Vector control)
Project description:Tingible body macrophages (TBMs) exist in lymph node B cell follicles and are responsible for clearing apoptotic B cells. Our data suggests that TBMs are of Cd169-lineage. We isolated cells from Cd169Cre/+.Tdtomatofl/fl reporter mice and transcriptionally profiled them to identify putative TBMs and chacterise their development and function relative to other LN cells of the Cd169 lineage.
Project description:EGFRvIII is the most common deletion mutant of EGFR in human cancer and its levels are highly correlated with poor prognosis in GBM. The deletion of exons 2-7 removes most of the extracellular ligand binding domain, so it is unable to bind EGF or other EGFR-binding ligands. Nevertheless, the mutant receptor is constitutively phosphorylated, and is capable of activating downstream signaling pathways at a low level. To comprehensively identify the downstream signaling consequences of the EGFRvIII, we incorporated phosphoproteomic, transcription profiling and DNase-Seq data from U87MG glioblastoma cells expressing titrated levels of this mutant receptor. Total RNA were extracted from U87MG cells engineered to expressed different levels of EGFRvIII: medium (U87M; 1.5 million copies of EGFRvIII receptor per cell), high (U87H; 2 million copies per cell), super-high (U87SH; 2.5 million copies per cell), and kinase-dead EGFRvIII (U87DK; 2 million copies of kinase dead EGFRvIII per cell). RNA was hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays.